The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1887-06-03
ITEMS OF. INTEREST.


county lail TO rent, saying that it is empty, and
likely to remain so as long as prohibition lasts
A New YORK firm has bought 5000 walnut
trees in Lee. Scott and Wise counties, in Vir
ginia, near the Kentucky line for SIP EACH pay
ing S25, coo down.
DEACON GEORGE WHITE, of Seymour Ind.
has been expelled from the church for declaring
his belief that the world is a million years old
and that it is likely to stand for another before
the judgment day comes.
A MAN in Cambria county, Pa, last week per
suaded his wife to have her hair cut short, tell
ing her that it was now all the fashion. He ther
took the shorn locks to neighboring store and
traded them Off for whisky.
OF the 100000 immigrants which arrived in
the United States last year, only 5000 came
south of the Potomac to reside The 5000
however, were first. class, as the majority were
either colonstS ur skilled workmen.
THE harbor of Odessa, the great grain port of
Russia, has been deepened in many places to ?:
feet and movement is on foot for the con
strllction of separate harbor for the accom-
mediation of coal and petroleum carrying vcs-
sells.
SUSAN LowERY, of Elizahethport, n. j., last
week used a revolver to shoot cats, and when
she finished using the weapon left it lying on a
table. James Monahan, aged years, in play
accidentally discharged the revolver, and bui-
let passed through Mrs. Lowerys left lung. The
wound is believed to be fatal.
SEVERAL GIRLS employed in factory at New
Britain, Conn, lured ''masher,'' who had been
annoying one of their number by his inlpudent
attentions, to street where the mud was plenty
and neighbors scarce, and there drubbed him
and rolled him in the mire. He is believed to
have retired from the MASKING business as
far as they are concerned.
A GERMAN naturalist has devoted great deal
of study to the violet, and has given us very
pretty biography of her. The violet droops her
head, he tells us, to protect the honey from the
rain; she surrounds it with hairs to keep out the
inqlisitive little ants, who would run away with
it, and, having no wings or hair upon their
tiny bodies, would not help to convey the
pollen to other blossoms.
THE latest ''lions" of Paris are nine negro
chiefs with unpronouncable names They have
been brought from the African coast by an en-
terprising contractor. The object is to show
them the sights of the French capital and then
to get them to sign an agreement with NJ. de
LeSSepS to engage their tribes to work on the
Panama canal. They are all horribly tattooed,
and wear ivory bracelets They speak English
Miss MINNIE MADDERN, the young ingenre
actress, sails for Europe next month on a curl
GUS mission. Her luxuriant red hair has been
one of her charming features, but within the
last six months it has been turning darker and
in streaks it is nearly black now. DR.. Mauvin-
Picard, of Paris, says that he can restore the
sprighty sou6rette curls to their original color
and so Miss Maddern is to go to Paris for the
summer Overwork is supposed to have pro-
duced the phenomenon.
DURING the recent visit of Mr.. Chamberlain
and Mr.. Jesse Ceilings to Scotland two Skye
Crofters were discussing the political situation.
Quoth one: "Weel, Angus and what do you
thing of this Master Chamberlain that's to be
here the morn?' To which the other replied:
aAl ha mn hn vearxv had
travelling about wi woman wi a different
namer WV woman! En- mon, some on9
has been foolin' ye.n Ma, ma. It's true. They
telled me she's one Jessie Ceilings"
A PARTY of young people from West Liberty,
Ia, went fishing one day recently, and rain
storm coming up, they sought shelter under a
large tree The young women sat in a wagon
from which the horses had been unhitched
Some of the young men, by way of a joke sud
denly seized the wagon and dragged it out into
the rain. They had scarcely left the shelter Of
the boughs when the tree was struck by light
ming, and large part of it reduced to splinters.
The two horses were killed, and several of the
young men were stunned.
WHILE fishing in Abbott's lake, ten miles
north of Carlyle, H., few days since, Mr.
George H. Berger, of that city, captured with a
hook and line a catfish which had the appear
ance of being quite gormandizer 1t was of
the species called channel cat, was about Is
inches in length and weighed about eight
pounds. After landing the fish Mr.. Berger
observed something protruding from the fish s
mouth, and upon closer examination found it
to be the head of snake. The fish was cut
open and snake over four feet in length was
taken from its stomach. The snake was a
water moccasin and was still alive.
WHY is Theodore Thomas unpopular person
allyn asked st. Louis reporter of Agent Jacob
Gosche. Mr.. Gosche admitted that Mr.. Thomas
had been rather unpopular of late, and said that
the reason was that Mr.. Thomas was very busy.
He hasn't time to meet his friends" he said
He can scarcely devote an hour to his family.
Then, again, he regards his profession as sacred
and doesn't like to gable about it, He hates
to talk shop; but after he gets through his work
and sits down with friend over glass of wine
he is the most sociable man imaginable. have
| known Thomas to walk the floor until the early
morning hours studying composition which
| he was to rehearse that day. He always comes
| thoroughly prepared, and with q clear concep-
| ton of every phase he has to play"
| THE mother of Munkacsy died in giving hin
! birth. His father tried to free Hungary in 1913
and died in jail, and the future painter wa.
/ reared by an aunt. She was killed and robbed
| and he was obliged to go out alone. He was
| apprcnticed to learn the trade of cabinet
| maker, and when he had learned it he worked as
| a joIrneyman for 214 forms a week. That would
| be about $4 a understanding enormous! In
| the midst of plenty of work and much misery
| he borrowed books studied them, and made
| rhymes that the boys of the town pronounced
| fine poetry. In 1861, after living six or sever
months without ever tasting warm meal he
| sickened, and was i'll for long time But while
| abed he determined to become q painter; he
| learned TO draw, and when he was well again he
learned how to prepare color and compose pic
| lures.
| FERDINAND WARD is the al,tocrat of q little
| Sing Sing printing office. He has a nose of the
most pronounced Roman type, bad teeth, a face
which tapers to the chin. and his gray hairs are
struggling for supremacy, though they have not
yet achieved it. His expression is as mild as
solution which includes an ounce of tea and a
gallon of water. When questioned, he said:
Il am nervous by temperament, other than
philosophic in disposition, don't always succeed
in my efforts to forget and live as much as pos
sible in the future" The convicts are allowed
once in two months the privilege of receiving
supplies from home. Ward has a box as large
as q Saratoga trunk, and in this is stored guam
tity of delicacies which will keep. He has on
hand now sufficient to last until the expiration
of the time limit, and says that his kind friends
never forget him.
1T IS SAID that Bishop Fowler of the Metho-
dist church, once gave some advice to a con.
ference congregation in this fashion: Don't
say anything against the man who is to come
after you A minister who didn't bear this in
mind was asked by his practitioners what kind
of a man his successor was oh, Brother -
is a good man, but But what? IL there s
anything wrong that is Just what we want TO